UoM General Chat

[tashhhaaa]

If you have health issues, you should try to apply for a fee remission as well (I have done it before as long as you have letters from a health professional you have a reasonable good chance). The process of doing so is a worthwhile one if you plan to do further studies as a HECs loan limit exists (it's quite high like $140,000-$150,000, but still you never know whether you might need it ).

It doesn't make a difference what year/level you get a WD (people can run into problems at any point in their degree), but JD selecters take 3rd year grades (WDs are probably not looked upon, and even if they are you are given a chance to explain your circumstances) more seriously than first year (was told this first hand). Just try to maintain the best possible WAM.

thanks so much for this

who did you speak to about the JD?

[vox nihili]

Anyone know if it's possible to do more than 6 breadth subjects in a BSc? Super keen on doing the French 1 Winter Intensive but it doesn't fit into my study plan (would have 7 breadths if I took it).

Nope

[Sine]

How badly would a credit affect my GPA? I'm in my first year and rather disheartened due to my disappointing grades in an elective. Despite this, I've been doing well in my other subjects and received H1s.

GPA is one thing you can't really work back fully once you've dropped a h1 grade but still able to get high even with a few bad subjects but never back to "perfect"
Let's assume you get 3 H1's and a H3 and (not too sure what you mean by a credit since UoM don't give those out but H3 = 65-69 iirc) this would yield a 6.625 GPA which is definitely nothing to be concerned about.

Would this counterbalance the other grade?

doing well in other subejcts would offset your GPA slightly but you won't be able to 100% recitfy it However WAM would be definitely possible to work off a low score

Do first-year subjects matter in the long run?

In terms of GPA/WAM yes they will end up contributing a little but years 2+3 are worth more for WAM. GPA is standard across all 3 years - idek if UoM calculates GPA for you anyway.

My goal is to maybe get into the Melb. JD or pursue honours, wherein I require a 75% average in my second and third year subjects. Thank you!

hmm isn't the  pathway 75% overall WAM (i'm not too sure personally tbh)?

Anyway doing badly in 1 unit won't impact your chances on getting into JD or honours too bad as long as you continue getting H1s/H2As in your other units for the rest of your degree especially since for JD they use WAM.

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[izzydes]

How do you calculate a GPA? I know that for entry into mdhs stuff at melbourne they have one way of calculating it, but is there a more common GPA formula (like what is used in other unis instead of WAM)?

[Sine]

How do you calculate a GPA? I know that for entry into mdhs stuff at melbourne they have one way of calculating it, but is there a more common GPA formula (like what is used in other unis instead of WAM)?

unimelb doesn't provide GPAs but i think you could just go via the mdhs stuff i guess.
H1 = 7
H2A = 6.5
H2B = 6.0
H3 = 5.5
P = 4.5
monash use a GPA scale of 4 and they calculate it for you 
HD = 4
D = 3
C = 2
P = 1

also there is no direct conversion between the 4 points scale and the 7 point scale so would have to calcualte both if you were interested. However, perfect GPAs would translate

[MB_]

Exam timetables are out: https://exams.unimelb.edu.au/timetable/personal.php

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[appleandbee]

Does anyone have experience with special consideration for group assignments? I have long-term academic adjustment plan and was really sick for over a week (have a medical certificate and was in hospital doing medical tests for a couple of days as well as the GP). I don't know special consideration for group assignments works and I'm scared if I fail in obtaining one that I would put my group members grades in jeopardy. I already feel really bad, because I've already put my group members in limbo because I've been unable to lead them (or be in class). My two other group members are international students and don't speak much English (not to mention that this is a language subject), they don't really take initiative and rely on me to take the lead/tell them what to do (if I don't talk/discuss the assignment, they won't). This is compounded by the fact that my group have one less member than all the other groups in the class (I did anticipate these issues beforehand and was reluctant to work with them, for both mine and their sake, given my long-term issues and bunch of extra-curricular responsibilities).

[Orb]

No personal experience, but haven't really heard of it happening either... potentially you could get special consideration in the sense that they'll waive off the ~10% of your grade from that assignment (or however much it's worth) and then scale everything else up (in which case it might not even be beneficial for them, as the exam is usually harder).

Group assignments are a lot trickier especially because anything more could create an incentive for people to partner up with people who require special consideration. As long as you try your best then that's all you can do!

[alchemy]

Am I right to believe that the underground carpark at uni is closed? If so, why and for how long will it be closed?

[simrat99]

Hi,
Would you recommend a first year student to do a third year breadth? I was interested in doing "Beyond Babylon", has anyone had any experience with it?
Thanks

[sdfg]

Hi,
Would you recommend a first year student to do a third year breadth? I was interested in doing "Beyond Babylon", has anyone had any experience with it?
Thanks

Pre-sure you need to do 4 first year and 4 second year subjects before you can do a third year one (and as a first year, you've probably haven't fulfilled this requirement yet).

[Aqualim]

Hey so I'm currently in year 12 and am looking at going to Melb Uni next year.

I want to study a BCOMM but don't meet the prerequisites to do this as I'm not doing methods, but I was thinking I get accepted into an Arts degree and then transfer in to the commerce once I'm there.

How realistic is it to be able to do this at Melbourne? How difficult in terms of grades etc. to be allowed to transfer?
I'd be alright doing an arts degree because ultimately what I want to do is a Juris Doctor of law.

Thank you 

I would suggest doing Bachelor of Arts at Melbourne Uni, and pick the Methods equivalent so you'll be able to transfer across mid-year. Just make sure you get really good marks, 80+ WAM to be guaranteed (first year is pretty easy since it's a re-hash of Year 11 and 12).

OR

Apply for Bachelor of Business at Monash and transfer mid-year and do the same thing. Except this time it will be better as you'll be doing units very similar to the BComm at Melbourne, so it's easier to get credit for them.

Personally I would do the second option, but it's up to you.

[dankfrank420]

Hey so I'm currently in year 12 and am looking at going to Melb Uni next year.

I want to study a BCOMM but don't meet the prerequisites to do this as I'm not doing methods, but I was thinking I get accepted into an Arts degree and then transfer in to the commerce once I'm there.

How realistic is it to be able to do this at Melbourne? How difficult in terms of grades etc. to be allowed to transfer?
I'd be alright doing an arts degree because ultimately what I want to do is a Juris Doctor of law.

Thank you 

Disagree with the above, it's nowhere near that difficult to get in. I had a friend get a 65 WAM in arts and was able to transfer across, anything above 70 and you should be pretty much guaranteed.

Also, transferring between courses in the same uni is alot easier than transferring between different universities. If your ultimate aim is commerce at Melbourne then I would just do arts (maybe do some commerce subjects as breadth  - intro micro is relatively easy and fun) then transfer over sem 1.

[Orb]

Disagree with the above, it's nowhere near that difficult to get in. I had a friend get a 65 WAM in arts and was able to transfer across, anything above 70 and you should be pretty much guaranteed.

Also, transferring between courses in the same uni is alot easier than transferring between different universities. If your ultimate aim is commerce at Melbourne then I would just do arts (maybe do some commerce subjects as breadth  - intro micro is relatively easy and fun) then transfer over sem 1.

Would agree with Dank for the most part, except I do think it's a bit higher than a 65 needed for a transfer (some of my friends with ~68 got rejected) but I think 70 is fine.